Dinadan Palmer (sonoftheatom) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-13 02:28:00

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In Which Reality Does Occasionally Conspire Against Dinadan Palmer
((Set after "Child's Play"))

Dinadan heaves a sigh of relief, throwing his pencil down on his desktop and stretching his hands over his head. Usually, he would have put his homework off until Sunday, but between his recovery and the whole...thing with Granny Sunshine, he and Petra had agreed that it was time to check out that Bed & Breakfast and pastry class she'd mentioned back when he'd gotten back to Ivy Town. It had taken a bit of parental wrangling (on his part) and a bit of "oh geez, when can we do the pastry class and get the room", but they'd managed it. And then the last thing standing (well, lying really) in their way was Dinadan's homework load.

Which was now finished. Ha.

As he starts packing his homework away, he notices that Petra's name is marked as "online" on his instant messenger, and he clicks open a window to send her a quick message.

SonoftheAtom: hey, done with my homework, almost ready to bone

Augh, finger-fumble, he hates it when he accidentally hits--

Oh holy gods, how did he just make that typo?!

SonoftheAtom: come!

No no no, that doesn't make it any better!

SonoftheAtom: come over! Almost ready to come over!

Although now plans maybe delayed due to current overwhelming need to fling his traitorous keyboard across the room.

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	sonoftheatom 2010-11-18 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	"...I think it was a red-shouldered hawk," Dinadan says after a few moments' perusal. He looks up at Petra and grins, a little relieved that she didn't seem to have been rolling her eyes at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-19 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"So you're a bird-watcher? Do you keep a... what's it called... life list?" She tilts her head, curious. "I like being outside a lot, and zoos as much as the next girl, but I don't have anything like that to occupy me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-22 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"Sort of," Dinadan says. "Me bird-watching, not so much keeping a list. It started out as kind of a nervous habit, because I wanted to make sure me and Tris weren't going to get eaten by anything; but I like birds, so it sort of...continued." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-22 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Don't worry hon," Petra hugs him. "No terrifying seagulls or sandpipers or whatever are going to get you while I'm around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-22 05:11 am UTC (link)
	"Hey now," Dinadan says, keeping a perfectly straight face even though his eyes are dancing. "Seagulls have remarkable aim. If you're going to protect me, you're going to need a hat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-22 05:15 am UTC (link)
	Well that's good, because Petra likes his eyes. "I don't need a hat. My aim's good too." She frosts over the tip of one finger and drags it over his collarbone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-23 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Dinadan squeals and squirms in response to her cold fingers, although he at least has enough control to not accidentally whack her in the face. "Cold!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-23 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Big baby, here, let me make it better." Petra giggles and kisses where she put her finger. A little more making out, and a short nap later, and they disboard at the station, a cab waiting to bring them to the b&b. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-24 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Dinadan eyeballs the back seat of the cab dubiously and tries to remember if he remembered to pack hand sanitizer. In the meantime, he tries not to be obvious about not touching things with his bare skin. "So, how long is it to the bed and breakfast from here?" he asks politely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-24 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Petra rolls her eyes. "Not far." Sure enough, a short while later they're checked in. Petra drops her bags unceremoniously and sprawls out on the somewhat lavish but not too large bed, letting out a contented groan. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-24 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Dinadan drops his bags as well, but instead goes to the window to check out the view. "Wow, this is amazing," he says, perching himself on the window sill. Then, with a grin, "and the view outside isn't bad either." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-24 06:02 am UTC (link)
	"Mmm, sorry I couldn't get us one of the direct ocean view ones, but I just liked the pictures of this room." Petra gathers herself up enough to kneel on the bed, posing, one might say luridly, with one arm stretched up along a post. "Glad you approve though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-24 07:11 am UTC (link)
	"This one's plenty nice," Dinadan assures her as the blush begins its return creep up his neck. "No complaints from me at all. The pictures are nice." And now he's babbling. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-24 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Petra just smiles and crooks a finger at him. "Din. Come here." And unless he really puts up a fight, the next hour or so is occupied quite nicely, before she decides to get changed and go relax by the water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-24 07:39 am UTC (link)
	Din grins lopsidedly and hops off the sill. "Yes'm." Hey, when the hot redhead says 'jump'... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-24 07:46 am UTC (link)
	When she finally sees fit to untangle herself from ~~her boyfriend~~ Din, she slides off the bed and, after some digging in her bag... starts changing into her bikini. No, she doesn't bother stepping into the bathroom. Why would she? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-24 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Huh, there's a pair of underwear on his head. It takes a few seconds for his brain to register that 1) this is unusual and 2) probably something he should be blushing furiously about. He lifts them up to see what Petra's up to, and then lowers his eyes as the blush gains reinforcements. "Er. Beach time?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-11-24 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Petra giggles. "Yes, beach time." She puts a leg up on the bed as she rolls a stocking down, then the other, followed by sitting down with her back to Din and edging towards him. "Tie me up?" She offers him the strings of her top. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-11-25 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure," he answers, sitting up and flicking aside his new hair ornament. What she's wearing is definitely for sunning, not for swimming. Trying to swim in that suit would result in skinnydipping, and while the image is nice, it also comes with the fact that the water is going to be freezing. Bleargh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

gal_gardner
2010-11-25 06:24 pm UTC (link)

Petra ties up each side of the bottom and hops off the bed, turning slowly as she face a mirror, taking her time about bending over this way and that to make sure the ties are secure. She then affixes a towel around her waist for modesty to whoever they might pass in the hall, and puts on a pair of sunglasses.

"You ready to go lounge by the water? You can bring a book and probably still do some bird-watching. It's so much quieter out here in the off-season that they come out a lot more." She smiles at him. "Go ahead and bundle up as much as you want. I promise not to tear off any of your clothes at the water's edge." She smirks at how specific she's being.

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	sonoftheatom 2010-11-27 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Suspiciously specific denial," Dinadan mutters under his breath as he scoots off the bed. "Let me grab my books, too." It takes him a few minutes to finish bundling up and transferring some of his books into the smaller tote he usually carries around with him. "Okay, ready!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

gal_gardner
2010-11-27 07:42 pm UTC (link)

"Are you implying I'm not trustworthy?" She nudges a hip against him as they head down the hall, smirking coyly.

They make their way down to the beach. It's low tide, so there are tide pools to gawk at and plenty of birds fattening themselves on things left behind as the water receded. Petra opens up a chair and drapes her towel over it, stretching out comfortably.

"Mmmm... just smell that ocean air. Makes you feel alive. It's not the North Sea, but it's still wonderful."

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sonoftheatom
2010-11-30 03:45 am UTC (link)

"Not at all!" Dinadan says, trotting a little to keep up with her longer legs. "Just that we both know that you have every intention of removing at least most of my clothes at some point. However, I do appreciate that you won't do so outside where I will immediately freeze."

As they reach the beach, Dinadan pulls a pair of binoculars out of his bag and thumbs open his bird-watching book.

"Never been to the North Sea, so I can't comment one way or the other on that," he says with a smile. "But you're right, it does smell nice out here."

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	gal_gardner 2010-11-30 04:06 am UTC (link)
	"Well, as cute as you are by default, I happen to like how you look without some of your clothes, at least so far as you've let me see up to this point." She grins and gives him a wink. "I'm a city girl by nature, but even I like getting out somewhere cleaner now and then." Petra smiles. "Can't wait to see what it's like where you're from." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sonoftheatom
2010-11-30 05:49 am UTC (link)

"Nobody looks cute curled up into a ball and shivering," Dinadan counters, blushing yet again.

"It's...a lot less open," he says slowly. "We do get open spaces, relative to our size, but we don't see the sky very often unless we're doing some serious tree-climbing. And it's warmer and muggier. And the wildlife might try to kill and eat you."

New Morlaidh really isn't much like anywhere else that Dinadan's been.

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